tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post8790033865671383544..comments2016-06-25T19:29:59.191-04:00Comments on Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Books by Dave Armstrong: "Theology of God: Biblical, Chalcedonian Trinitarianism and Christology"Dave Armstronghttps://plus.google.com/115516270318198347148noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-63764928483581127082012-11-05T09:20:58.802-05:002012-11-05T09:20:58.802-05:00Thank you kindly, and God bless ya back!Thank you kindly, and God bless ya back!Dave Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-90933381018108958882012-11-04T20:42:32.803-05:002012-11-04T20:42:32.803-05:00Your books are AWEsome, BTW...Your books are AWEsome, BTW...top8305http://www.blogger.com/profile/12192417926565883731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-12909691021716211612012-11-04T20:40:47.467-05:002012-11-04T20:40:47.467-05:00Truly, truly, Dave, you are too tuff!
6:24 The L...Truly, truly, Dave, you are too tuff! <br /><br />6:24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.<br />6:25 The Lord shew his face to thee, and have mercy on thee.<br />6:26 The Lord turn his countenance to thee, and give thee peace.<br />Numbers 6top8305http://www.blogger.com/profile/12192417926565883731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-15294517488557047322012-11-04T17:00:08.047-05:002012-11-04T17:00:08.047-05:00The way &quot;cult&quot; was used in both citation...The way &quot;cult&quot; was used in both citations I gave made it clear what was being discussed: &quot;pseudo-religious&quot; sects with non-Christian or anti-Christians elements or origins; &quot;alien&quot; to Christianity.Dave Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-39363112888491008312012-11-04T16:56:14.576-05:002012-11-04T16:56:14.576-05:00I imagine cultus. But that&#39;s irrelevant, as wo...I imagine cultus. But that&#39;s irrelevant, as words can have many meanings. Check out any dictionary to confirm that.<br /><br />This is true of Merriam-Webster Online. It gives five different uses for &quot;cult.&quot; Its third is the one we are debating:<br /><br />&quot;a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also: its body of adherents.&quot;<br /><br />http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult Dave Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-45426114902928252012-11-04T14:24:11.911-05:002012-11-04T14:24:11.911-05:00What word does the Latin text use in those places?...What word does the Latin text use in those places?Jose Gonzaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248416942080175654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-73585251745716643642012-11-03T15:46:50.821-04:002012-11-03T15:46:50.821-04:00Likewise, the Congregation for the Clergy: General...Likewise, the Congregation for the Clergy: <i>General Directory for Catechesis</i> (approved by Blessed pope John Paul II, 11 August 1997):<br /><br />&quot;201. In a climate of cultural and religious relativism, and sometime because of the inappropriate conduct of Christians, a proliferation of &quot;new religious movements&quot; has occurred. These are sometimes called sects or cults but, because of the abundance of names and tendencies, are difficult to categorize in a comprehensive and precise framework. From available data, movements of Christian origin can be identified, while others derive from oriental religions, and others again appear to be connected with esoteric traditions. Their doctrines and their practices are of concern because they are alien to the content of the Christian faith.&quot;Dave Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-32432548102728221612012-11-03T15:42:11.217-04:002012-11-03T15:42:11.217-04:00Blessed Pope John Paul II used the word &quot;cult...Blessed Pope John Paul II used the word &quot;cult&quot; in this secondary sense in his apostolic exhortation, <i>Ecclesia in America</i> (22 January 1999):<br /><br />&quot;Although the Second Vatican Council refers to all those who are baptized and believe in Christ as “brothers and sisters in the Lord”, (188) it is necessary to distinguish clearly between Christian communities, with which ecumenical relations can be established, and sects, cults and other pseudo-religious movements.&quot;<br /><br />http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_22011999_ecclesia-in-america_en.html<br /><br />Dave Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-81533447354834489912012-11-03T15:34:00.144-04:002012-11-03T15:34:00.144-04:00Sheer nonsense. Fr. Hardon was a Catholic scholar,...Sheer nonsense. Fr. Hardon was a Catholic scholar, and he contradicts you. There is a legitimate sociological use for the term in this fashion.<br /><br />Nor is your uncharitable characterization accurate. These are some of the most honorable and dedicated Protestants: fighting heresy and defending the Holy Trinity.<br /><br />No one has &quot;designed&quot; my definitions, as explained. My preferred term is &quot;heresy.&quot;Dave Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-55777166080087065692012-11-03T14:14:11.201-04:002012-11-03T14:14:11.201-04:00Outside usage by the uneducated and illiterate Pro...Outside usage by the uneducated and illiterate Protestant rednecks the only two usages of the word cult that come readily to mind are scholars calling the priests &quot;the temple cult&quot; and referring to &quot;the cult of Mary,&quot; in neither case is the word intended as a pejorative, although redneck Prots probably read it that way. Its a back idea to let illiterate Prots design your definitions. After all, if you did that, the word Sovereignty would mean micromanagement which it, of course, does not.Jose Gonzaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248416942080175654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-62976492727761081122012-11-03T00:07:07.472-04:002012-11-03T00:07:07.472-04:00This is the word that the evangelicals use themsel...This is the word that the evangelicals use themselves. Since I was referring to them in the dedication, I used it. I put it in quotes and indicated that it was defined as we would define &quot;heresy.&quot;<br /><br />But its not an entirely foreign usage, let alone &quot;really silly.&quot; E.g., <i>Modern Catholic Dictionary</i> by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., gives as a secondary definition:<br /><br />&quot;a particular religious group centered around some unusual belief, generally transient in duration and featuring some exotic or imported ritual and other practices.&quot;<br /><br />Dave Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-55290711433496302672012-11-02T22:39:06.963-04:002012-11-02T22:39:06.963-04:00Since the word cult comes from the Latin cultus &q...Since the word <i>cult</i> comes from the Latin <i>cultus</i> &quot;divine service&quot;, shouldn&#39;t a different word be used groups with divergent Christology? Like <i>heresy</i>, for instance? Every group is a <i>cult</i> in its own mind in the sense that it thinks it worships God properly, offers the correct <i>divine service</i>. The weirdo usage of the word cult in English to mean a group with non-standard Christology is really silly.Jose Gonzaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248416942080175654noreply@blogger.com